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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (right) and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee present the land‑allocation agreement for the permanent US Embassy in Jerusalem to the audience during a ceremony on July 1, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
July 2, 2026, 3:40 am
Israel, US sign land agreement for permanent American embassy complex in Jerusalem
At signing ceremony, Huckabee says ‘God made decision 3,800 years ago’ to recognize Jerusalem, US now acknowledging it; Sa’ar: US is ‘indispensable and irreplaceable’ to Israel
By Nava Freiberg and AFP
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a meeting of his Otzma Yehudit faction at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 15, 2026, 11:16 pm
Ben Gvir said to cancel US trip at last moment due to visa complications
US embassy calls on far-right minister to provide his fingerprints, after which he reportedly decides to ditch travel plan
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee attends the lobby for Israel–United States relations at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 27, 2026, 2:46 pm
US ambassador tells embassy staffers: If you want to leave Israel, ‘do so TODAY’
State Dept says non-emergency staff and families can leave Israel; Omani FM reportedly to meet with Vance in effort to avert war; US aircraft carrier expected off northern coast, refuelers at airport, F-22s seen moving in south
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump exits the House Chamber after delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, February 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
February 25, 2026, 3:10 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 25: In State of the Union, Trump renews pledge to strike Iran if needed
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Trump’s comments on Tehran, Jewish settler violence, US consular pop-ups in Israeli settlements, and the links between the PA and Board of Peace
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
View of the settlement of Efrat, Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, July 31, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
February 25, 2026, 4:21 am
In first, US embassy to provide consular services at pop-ups in 2 West Bank settlements
Pop-ups to be held in Efrat, which has a large number of US citizens, and Haredi town of Beitar Illit; consular service events also to take place in Ramallah, several Israeli cities
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
View of the settlement of Efrat, Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, July 31, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
February 12, 2026, 12:37 am
US embassy denies reported plan to open consular service branch in West Bank settlement
After Efrat settlement officials claim that American mission will set up a local ‘service station,’ embassy insists that reports of any office opening there are ‘incorrect’
By Nava Freiberg
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Channel 12, in an interview that aired January 31, 2026. (Screenshot)
January 31, 2026, 11:38 pm
US ambassador to Israel says Trump not making ’empty threats’ toward Iran
Mike Huckabee tells Israeli TV that decision on US strike on Iran yet to be made; says embassy surprised by cancellation of flights to Israel; vows Turkey won’t receive F-35s
By Rossella Tercatin and ToI Staff
People walk next to a sign with portraits of US President Donald Trump (L) and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in central Jerusalem on May 7, 2025. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
August 27, 2025, 8:46 pm
Fired State Dept. press officer claims Huckabee, aide usurping Trump’s ‘America First’ policy
Shahed Ghoreishi says embassy leadership, backed by Rubio aides, had him axed for trying to issue talking points that were in line with administration policy on Gaza
By Jacob Magid
Joseph Neumeyer (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
May 26, 2025, 12:45 am
American-German national charged with trying to firebomb US embassy’s Tel Aviv branch
Joseph Neumeyer deported from Israel, arrested in New York after he left a backpack full of Molotov cocktails outside the embassy branch building earlier this month
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers gather at the gate to the Sde Teiman military base, as people protest in support of soldiers arrested over suspicions of detainee abuse, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
October 21, 2024, 10:49 pm
US probing IDF unit for alleged abuse at detention facility, jeopardizing aid
State Dept. checking whether Force 100, tasked with guarding terror suspects at Sde Teiman base, violated human rights — if so, future aid would violate US’s ‘Leahy Law’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A road sign shows the way toward the US embassy in Jerusalem on April 19, 2024. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)
April 19, 2024, 10:54 am
Australians urged to leave Israel, US embassy curbs movement amid Iran jitters
American diplomats, families restricted from travel outside Jerusalem, Beersheba, and Tel Aviv area; Canberra warns air travel could be stopped at short notice
By AFP and ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides, left, and Deputy Ambassador Stephanie Hallett in a photograph posted on July 21, 2023. (US Embassy in Israel)
July 21, 2023, 5:25 pm
Career diplomat Stephanie Hallett now interim US embassy chief as Nides departs
‘She’s as good as it gets,’ says ambassador who leaves deputy in charge in Jerusalem at a time of heightened tension between the Netanyahu and Biden governments
By Jacob Magid
Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich (right) and Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
June 26, 2023, 2:24 pm
US Embassy keeps Ben Gvir, Smotrich off July 4 party guest list
Spokesperson says invitees are those with whom embassy ‘has a close working relationship,’ as Washington continues to keep far-right ministers at arm’s length
By Lazar Berman
Relatives mourn during the funeral of Islamic Jihad commander Khalil Bahtini, his wife and son, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike at their family home in Gaza City on May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
May 9, 2023, 9:04 pm
US, EU lament civilians killed in IDF’s strikes in Gaza, urge sides to deescelate
US Embassy in Jerusalem careful to stress its commitment to Israel’s security, while EU emphasizes importance of sides adhering to commitments made at recent regional summits
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides speaks at an event in Jerusalem on February 19, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 9, 2023, 2:20 pm
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides set to depart his post this summer
Envoy said to be looking to spend more time with his family, after two years in the job under three Israeli prime ministers
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
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